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With {{Version|8.0}}, the user management has been reworked:
* Permissions can now be **manually edited**, as they are stored as XML.* The permission file has been moved from the home directory to the **database directory**. It was renamed from {{Code|.basexperm}} to {{Code|users.xml}}.* Local permissions are now defined for database **glob patterns ** instead of single databases. Both local and global permissions are stored in the same file.* A new [[User Module]] is available, which allows user management via **XQuery**.* The md5 password hash has been replaced with **salted sha256 ** and **digest ** hashes (the current timestamp will be used as salt).
Moreover, passwords in commands and XQuery functions are now specified in plain text. The rationale behind this is:
